Escaped Texas dog ends up in Ohio four days later

Published: April 3, 2014 3:00 AM

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HAMILTON (AP) -- The owners of a small dog that escaped in Texas have no idea how he made it to a southwest Ohio shelter more than 1,000 miles away in just a few days.

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports the 3-year-old Chihuahua-dachshund mix named Corbin dug a hole under a fence in his backyard in Killeen, Texas, on March 25. He was found Saturday, tied to a bench outside an animal shelter in Hamilton.

Local officials hope to identify a woman seen on surveillance footage as she left the dog at the shelter.

The Hamilton-Middletown Journal News reported a microchip on the dog helped identify the owners. Corbin previously escaped by digging holes but was always found in Killeen.